25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date)
Religions
Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
Roman Catholic 51.9%, Calvinist 15.9%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic 2.6%, other Christian 1%, other or unspecified 11.1%, unaffiliated 14.5% (2001 census)
Languages
Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
Exports
machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
machinery and equipment 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%, food products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, fuels and electricity 1.6% (2003)
External Debt
$1,016,000,000,000 $
$170,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Swedish kronor (SEK) per US dollar - 6.4074 (2008 est.), 6.7629 (2007), 7.3731 (2006), 7.4731 (2005), 7.3489 (2004)
forints (HUF) per US dollar - 171.8 (2008), 183.83 (2007), 210.39 (2006), 199.58 (2005), 202.75 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%
1.750%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5
10
Location
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Area
450,295 km sq
93,028 km sq
Coastline
3,218 km
0 km
Climate
temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
